hair

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hair Definition

• (n) dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"
• (n) a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair''s-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
• (n) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
• (n) any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
• (n) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
• (n) a filamentous projection or process on an organism

hair Synonyms

• fuzz
• hair
• hair's-breadth
• haircloth
• hairsbreadth
• pilus
• tomentum
• whisker